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Kadee #58 couplers & metal wheelsets
Carrock1998@...
Jack and group,
Gid you order them direct or is their a discount hobby store where you ordered yours from? I'm fairely new to the hobby so I have a related question. Besides couplers, to make my freight cars look prototypical to the steam era and improve operations I should replace any plastic wheelsets that I have with metal ones. However, when I went to purchase a couple of NWSL wheels I discovered that they come in various sizes. This was just totally bewildering to me. How do I determine which is the right size? Do I use the same size for my entire fleet? I've noticed that several of my cars have RP-25 wheelsets. Are these compatible with NWSL or do I need to change them as well? Thanks for your assistance. Robert "Rocky" Jackson Thanks Mark...I just ordered about 90 pair... Yes, Jack. I converted and love the way they make the **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) |
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Sunsnine kits website
Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...>
I have created an unofficial Sunshine Models website. It contains my
All-time lists plus current price lists, PDFs of recent flyers, info on upcoming meets, and links to other steam era resin kit manufacturers. If you see any errors or updates that are needed or have fresher info, especially on upcoming Sunshine appearances, please let me know. Try it at www.sunshinekits.com <http://www.sunshinekits.com/> and let me know what you think. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon |
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Re: Justifying a USRA 40' gon in 1958
John Hile <john66h@...>
--- In STMFC@..., "George" <gsc3@...> wrote:
George, At one point I did some research to see what unmodified (or least modified) 40' USRA cars were still listed in the 1/53 ORER -- either with composite sides or steel sides. Below are my notes and the 1/53 ORER number series for you to check circa 1958... ACL 90000-90499 steel sides, 249 cars ACL 99300-99443, 141 cars GM&O 12200-12374 most w/solid floors, 170 cars GM&O 44000-44249 steel sides, 249 cars KCS 28300-28499 steel sides, solid floors or wine locks, d'naught end, 186 cars L&N 73000-74999, 19 cars MP 70501-73500 steel sides, 388 cars PRR 751044-751329 G24 solid floors, steel sides, 136 cars PRR 775755-775965 G24 solid floors, steel sides, 99 cars PRR 882514-882563 G24 former GR&I, solid floors, steel sides, 28 cars PRR 351473-351872 G24 former LIRR, solid floors, steel sides, 282 cars SLSF 85000-85999 solid floors, 358 cars Additions and/or corrections are welcome. Hope this helps, John Hile |
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UP subsidiaries ICC Valuation
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Does anyone on the list have, or know someone who has, the ICC Valuation Reports for the UP subsidiaries (LA&SL, OWR&N, OSL etc.)? I have the parent railroad report but not the subs. And yes, I know I can always go to Suitland and copy them for myself--was hoping someone already has copies. Thanks in advance for any help.
Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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Re: Sunshine FGEX, BREX, & WFEX war emergency reefers
pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...>
Thanks Bruce.
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As it turns out that is exactly the answer I was hoping for. Under the circumstances maybe I should go out and buy a lottery ticket today as well. Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:
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Re: Sunshine FGEX, BREX, & WFEX war emergency reefers
On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:55 AM, pierreoliver2003 wrote:
I'm about to start some of the reefere kits mentioned in the subjectPierre, Both are. It depends on era <G>. In the early 1950s, some of "our companies" reefers got silver roofs. Up until that time the roof was always red. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2 "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0 |
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Sunshine FGEX, BREX, & WFEX war emergency reefers
pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...>
I'm about to start some of the reefere kits mentioned in the subject
line. There's a discrepancy between the instructions and the PDS regarding painting. The instructions call for the roof to be painted silver, while the PDS states that the roof should be painted freight car red like the ends. So which is correct? Pierre Oliver |
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FW: [nvmrc] check out National Steel Car's lively website
Aley, Jeff A
It appears that National Steel Car's PR dept has too much money.
Nevertheless, it's an interesting website; STMFC folks should try the "Heritage" link. http://www.steelcar.com/ <http://www.steelcar.com/> Regards, -Jeff ________________________________ From: nvmrc@... [mailto:nvmrc@...] On Behalf Of John Rodgers Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:35 AM At 5:36 PM -0800 3/7/08, MICHAEL SHYLANSKI wrote: Whoa. I had not checked the National Steel Car website in someNot exactly what we'd expect from a railroad car builder. Check out this Canadian company's website; it's quite entertaining. Speakers on...John |
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Re: Justifying a USRA 40' gon in 1958
Charlie Vlk
The CB&Q liked the USRA composite gondola design very much, but AFAIK all the originals were gone by the 1950s..... I haven't studied the OERs to see how long theirs lasted.
They made copies which did last through the BN merger.... one of the "signature" Q cars..... very similar to the USRA design but with the bottom ends of the steel structure exposed below the side sheathing. The Kalmbach Modeling the 1950's book states that the composite cars were phased out in favor of more modern steel cars. This is not completely true.... at least on the Q. The CB&Q had early all-steel general service gondolas but found that they did not hold up in coal service and phased them out in favor of the USRA cars and clones. I know that the MILW also used their composite gons into the game, some stripped down to "peek a boo" cars for pipe service and other such commodities. The Rock Island converted their WWII emergency 50' gons for TOFC service. A review of the OER would tell the complete story on the USRA 40' composite gons for the roads that had them.... Charlie Vlk |
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Re: A USRA gon in 1958
On Mar 10, 2008, at 9:50 AM, George wrote:
I should rephrase what I asked. Did any road run USRA gondolas inGeorge, The PRR listed 6 G24 (USRA, 50 ton) class gons in 1958 and 1 in 1963 in the ORER. All of these cars would have had steel sides. I do not know if these particular cars had rebuilt ends (some did, some did not) Not a real big fleet ;^) but considering that these were built in 1920 and rebuilt to steel sides before WWII... Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2 "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0 |
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A USRA gon in 1958
George Courtney
I should rephrase what I asked. Did any road run USRA gondolas in
1958 with rebuilt steel sides. Not looking for complete rebuilds. Just a railroad that replaced the wood sides with steel. Thanks, George Courtney |
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UP S-40-10
destron@...
Hi,
I saw a photo of UP 49191 and noticed yet another application of a vertically-ribbed end, in yet another variation: this one seems to be a 5+5 outward, with blank spaces at either side (no ribs under the ladder, or on the corresponding space on the opposite side). I'm curious, did all the cars in this series have this end? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos |
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Re: Fred Harvey Express cars
Jon Miller <atsf@...>
Photos seem to be very rare. Can anyone guide me to some photos.The only pix I have is from a book Santa Fe Railway Passenger Car Reference series - Volume One head End Cars by Ellington and Shine.< The pictures in the book are of the early 1888 or so wood car. To my knowledge no pictures have been found of the GAC cars which were in three versions, as built (wood), rebuilt (metal applied), and last different doors, etc. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...>
Agreed - I'm no more interested in depriving a good source of its revenue than the next guy. I still wonder whether the list of photos is permissible however. It is something they give only to members...
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From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@...> To: <STMFC@...> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 8:17 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: photographic print vs. scan Well, OK, I apologize at the flame. This just is one sore subject with me, and most anybody else |
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N&G HO top of mast GRS 2A factory built available
Andy Carlson
NP B&O NYC GN and many others........
Terry Wegmann, principal of N&G Signal Co. has finished his latest HO semaphore, the GRS 2-A Top Of Mast single semaphore. Assembled and painted (and operable with a later to be released servo mechanism), available in both Yellow blade w/ chevron stripe Home signal. and a Red distant blade signal with a straight stripe. Priced at $95.00 each (plus $5.00 priority shipping for up to 4 signals) Please contact me off-list at <midcentury@...) if interested. Thanks, -Andy |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
Schuyler Larrabee
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Re: Camel-Allen Door Hardware
Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
This SP drop-bottom gon is very similar to 40' Enterprise GS gons
built for CN, and 36' cars built by the Eastern Car Co. in Nova Scotia for the Intercolonial Ry. and GTR (taken into CN stock by 1923). There are many modellers looking for this gon in Canada, too! Steve Lucas. --- In STMFC@..., "Jerry" <jrs060@...> wrote: hit the nail right on the head here. This is a car we really need badly,the old style Enterprise drop bottom gondolas. Now this would make ananother wack-ball Santa Fe car that there were only 125 of, or somethinglike that ?Stewart Woodstock, Illinois |
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Re: poultry cars
Kathe Robin <kathe@...>
Has anyone come across any color data for any of these cars?
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Subject: [STMFC] poultry cars Hello Everyone, The Live Poultry Transit Company named their cars. The name was placed above the door. Chantacleer and Kernan are two that I found. John F. Riba No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1322 - Release Date: 3/9/2008 12:17 PM |
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
Schuyler Larrabee
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Re: photographic print vs. scan
water.kresse@...
I have three images coming from an automobile company archive that are being donated as a courtesy, but require that any inter-net posting of the article using them must be posted in less than 100 dpi or water-marked. Their thumbnails are typically 72 dpi at a some reduced size . . . .OK for a draft space fillers only. Folks who can develop prints these days are becoming rare birds . . . and most are historian/artists (vs. business persons). You need to make more than one at a time to be cost effective. Chemicals go bad sitting around and they don't always develope out the same even if well-noted the last time around.
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The C&O Historical Society still has a mixture of "slave labor" and paid professionals processing digital images, and digital prints, these days. That keeps our costs down a bit. Printers and scanners are becoming "better values" these days also . . . . but it still takes comfort with your particular software, skill, and an "eye" to produce quality prints or images for publications. Al Kresse -------------- Original message --------------
From: Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> Would there be any reason a copy of the PDF file couldn't be posted into the files section of this list? Rob Kirkham ----- Original Message ----- From: "gn3397" <heninger@...> To: <STMFC@...> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 9:57 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re: photographic print vs. scan Group, |
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